meldn.¹

Brit.

/mɛld/, U.S.

/mɛld/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: meld v.²

Etymology: < meld v.²

Cards.

In canasta, pinochle, rummy, etc.: a combination of cards declared or put down so as to score points.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards

cater-trey?a1500

mournival1530

sequence1575

pair royal1608

septieme1651

tierce1659

pair1674

purtaunte1688

quart major1718

matrimonya1743

queen-suit1744

quart1746

prial1776

flux1798

fredon1798

tricon1798

intrigue1830

straight1841

marriage1861

under-sequence1863

straight five1864

double pair-royal?1870

run?1870

short suit1876

four1883

fourchette1885

meld1887

doubleton1906

canasta1948

1887 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle (ed. 14) 152 After the meld (if any) has been made, and before he leads, he must draw the top card from the talon, and his opponent draws the next; thus again filling both their hands up to twelve cards.

1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 361 The various combinations which are declared during the play of the hand are called melds.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xvii. 231 The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle.

1952 Times Rev. Year 1 Jan. p. v/2 Canasta has begun to influence the language, if slightly. It has spread the use of natural..as a noun, and figurative jobs have been found for meld, a combination of three or more cards of the same rank.

1990 J. Updike in New Yorker 11 June 46/1 He could scarcely hold the cards, sixteen fanned in one little hand, and would stifle tears when his meld was poor and he lost.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

meldn.²

Brit.

/mɛld/, U.S.

/mɛld/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: meld v.³

Etymology: < meld v.³

Originally U.S.

A blend, a combination; something formed by blending or mingling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture

mingingOE

mungc1175

meddlingc1384

mellaya1400

mixture?a1425

commixtion?a1439

medley1440

brothc1515

mingly1545

mingle1548

maslin1574

miscellane1582

commixture1590

flaumpaump1593

salad1603

miscellany1609

common1619

cento1625

misturea1626

mixtil1654

concrete1656

contemperation1664

ragout1672

crasis1677

alloy1707

mixtible1750

galimatias1762

misc.1851

syllabub1859

mixtry1862

cocktail1868

blend1883

admix1908

mix-up1918

mix1959

meld1973

katogo1994

1973 Black World Apr. 24/1 A spectacular meld of rock music, drama, film, poetry, and song.

1980 E. L. Doctorow in Nation (N.Y.) 19 July 83/1 They lived in that meld of life and Art typecasting we call stardom.

1994 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. Feb. 76/1 He is the best known architect of the school of Lublin Personalism, structured in the 1950s, a meld of St. Thomas Aquinas' heritage as interpreted by E. Gilson and J. Maritain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† meldv.¹

Forms: Old English mældan, Old English meldan, Old English meldian, Old English meldigan, early Middle English mælde, Middle English meild, Middle English meld, Middle English melde.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian -meldia (only in urmeldia to report, to announce; West Frisian melde), Middle Dutch melden (Dutch melden) to announce, to report, to betray, Old Saxon meldon to inform, betray (Middle Low German melden, meylden), Old High German meldēn, meldōn (Middle High German melden, German melden) < the Germanic base of Old Saxon meldia announcement (Middle Low German melde), Old High German melda accusation, betrayal, slander (Middle High German melde announcement), Old English meld declaration (compare also melda reporter, informer, betrayer); further etymology uncertain and disputed.

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To make known (by speech), reveal, declare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)]

speakc825

areadc885

meldeOE

sayOE

yknowa1225

warnc1275

bekena1300

wraya1300

signifyc1325

declarec1340

to speak outc1384

discuss1389

notifyc1390

bida1400

advertise1447

notice1447

detectc1465

render1481

minister1536

to set outa1540

summonc1540

intimate1548

acquaint1609

phrase1614

voice1629

denote1660

unlade1717

apprise1817

aira1902

eOE Metres of Boethius (transcript of damaged MS) Proem 4 Þus Ælfred us ealdspell reahte, cyning Westsexna, cræft meldode, leoðwyrhta list.

OE Cynewulf Juliana 463 Ic nyde sceal niþa gebæded mod meldian, swa þu me beodest.

OE Paris Psalter (1932) xciii. 4 Hi oftust sprecað, unnyt sæcgeað and woh meldiað [L. pronuntiabunt et loquentur iniquitatem].

OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxxxiv. 16 Þa muð habbað, and ne meldiað wiht.

c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 45 Gif ðe gylt beo diȝle, bet þu hine diȝollice, and ne mælde þu nateshwon hine oðrum monnum.

?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 170 (MED) Eld nul meld no murþes of mai; When eld me wold aweld, mi wele is awai.

b. intransitive. To make declaration, give utterance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)]

matheleOE

speakc888

spellc888

yedc888

i-quethec900

reirdOE

meldOE

meleOE

quidOE

i-meleOE

wordOE

to open one's mouth (also lips)OE

mootOE

spellc1175

carpa1240

spilec1275

bespeakc1314

adda1382

mella1400

moutha1400

utter?a1400

lalec1400

nurnc1400

parlec1400

talkc1400

to say forthc1405

rekea1450

to say on1487

nevena1500

quinch1511

quetch1530

queckc1540

walk1550

cant1567

twang1602

articulate1615

tella1616

betalk1622

sermocinate1623

to give tongue1737

jaw1748

to break stillness1768

outspeaka1788

to give mouth1854

larum1877

to make noises1909

verbal1974

OE Andreas (1932) 1170 Ongan þa meldigan morþres brytta, hellehinca, þone halgan wer wiðerhycgende, ond þæt word gecwæð.

OE Riddle 18 2 Ic eom wunderlicu wiht; ne mæg word sprecan, mældan for monnum.

OE Riddle 28 12 Þonne æfter deaþe deman onginneð, meldan mislice.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3791 (MED) I am eschu To melde or make a long sermoun of it.

2. transitive. To inform against, accuse; to call to account. Also intransitive: to inform on. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)]

wrayc725

meldeOE

bimeldena1300

forgabc1394

to blow up?a1400

outsay?a1400

detectc1449

denounce1485

ascry1523

inform1526

promote1550

peach1570

blow1575

impeach1617

wheedle1710

split1795

snitch1801

cheep1831

squeal1846

to put away1858

spot1864

report1869

squawk1872

nose1875

finger1877

ruck1884

to turn over1890

to gag on1891

shop1895

pool1907

run1909

peep1911

pot1911

copper1923

finger1929

rat1932

to blow the whistle on1934

grass1936

rat1969

to put in1975

turn1977

eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 41/1 Defferuntur, meldadun uel wroegdun.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xvi. 36 Se wæs to manegum witum geworht, forðæmþe he nolde meldian on his geferan þe mid [him] siredon ymb ðone cyning.

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 127 Desequuntur .i. accusabant, uel meldadan.

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Monk returns from Death (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Melden My conciens gan me meld.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27830 O þis [sc. covetousness]..cums..Strenth, þat lauerding agh to meild, Þat o þair men tas wrangwis yeild.

a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Abbess Delivered (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Melden Dede war me leuer to be Than thou of my dede melded me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

meldv.²

Brit.

/mɛld/, U.S.

/mɛld/

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch melden.

Etymology: Probably < Dutch melden to declare in a card game (19th cent. or earlier), specific use of melden to announce (see meld v.²).

Cards.

transitive. In canasta, pinochle, rummy, etc.: to declare or put down (a combination of cards) in order to score points. Also intransitive.In quot. 1964, used of mah-jong tiles.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > show card(s) to claim score

marry1861

meld1887

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > show card(s) to claim score

declare?1870

meld1958

1887 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle (ed. 14) 152 The player who takes the trick leads for the next; but before he leads he can then (and then only), announce or meld any one combination that he may hold in his hand.

1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 363 A player has melded and scored four kings, and on winning another trick he melds binocle.

1950 Columbia Encycl. (ed. 2) 1716/2 One of the favorite variations of the game is knock rummy, in which a player may wait to meld seven cards for higher stakes, but may also ‘knock’ after he draws from stock and discards.

1958 ‘J. Welcome’ Run for Cover iv. 83 He melded several more times—small melds which did not look dangerous from a canasta point of view.

1964 E. N. Whitney Mah Jong Handbk. i. iii. 169 Pung, claiming a discard that completes a triplet. After punging, the player must meld his completed triplet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

meldv.³

Brit.

/mɛld/, U.S.

/mɛld/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by blending. Etymons: melt v.¹, weld v.

Etymology: Probably a blend of melt v.¹ and weld v. Compare melded adj.

Originally U.S.

1. transitive. To merge, blend; to combine or incorporate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)]

mingeOE

blandOE

mongle?c1225

meddlec1350

sprengea1382

compoundc1384

intermeddlec1384

temperc1386

mell1387

found?c1390

joinc1400

intermell1413

commix?a1425

medley?a1425

mix?a1425

amenge?c1450

immix?a1475

immixt?a1475

minglea1475

tremp1480

commixt1481

incarry1486

mixtionc1500

mixta1513

demelle1516

confect1540

intermixt1551

intermingle1555

bemix1559

intermix1562

contemper1567

blenge1570

bemingle1574

contemperate1590

masha1591

commeddle1604

immingle1606

blenda1616

intemper1627

commingle1648

conferment1651

subigate1657

to mix up1672

mould1701

meine1736

caudle1795

combine1799

interblenda1849

inmix1892

meld1936

1936 D. T. Lutes Country Kitchen xi. 234 Apple, currant, and raisin all melded into one sweetly tart aroma.

1952 Time 29 Dec. 37/1 Taylor hopes to remodel the entire museum... He has plans to meld his eleven departments into five.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 911/5 The craft..of melding brisk jollity with real death.

1994 Independent on Sunday 7 Aug. 18/2 Children there are not only losing local Buckinghamshire pronunciation, if they ever had it, but melding their speech into uniform, Londonish sounds.

2. intransitive. To merge, fuse, or combine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)]

mingOE

meddlec1350

mella1387

blenda1400

commix?1520

admixa1522

mixa1522

mingle1530

wallc1598

co-minglea1616

comminglea1626

congregate1626

intermingle1626

intermella1641

conflux1662

intermix1722

partake1731

to work up1841

interfuse1851

interblend1854

immingle1858

inmix1892

meld1959

1959 M. Steen Tower i. iii. 50 Our small..existence couldn't meld with his design for living.

1971 National Geographic Oct. 560/2 Then clouds and gray sea melded and a steady rain slanted across the dry sides of the island.

1988 M. Gee Grace iv. 61 The bleach is so strong that the nylon bristles shrivel and meld together.

1994 Time 18 July 53/3 There is some mild one-upmanship: Domingo sustains a high note, it seems, for several bars; Pavarotti's eloquent eyebrows start working overtime. But the songs meld seamlessly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1887

n.²1973

v.¹eOE

v.²1887

v.³1936

单词	meld
释义	meldn.¹ Brit. /mɛld/, U.S. /mɛld/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: meld v.² Etymology: < meld v.² Cards. In canasta, pinochle, rummy, etc.: a combination of cards declared or put down so as to score points. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards cater-trey?a1500 mournival1530 sequence1575 pair royal1608 septieme1651 tierce1659 pair1674 purtaunte1688 quart major1718 matrimonya1743 queen-suit1744 quart1746 prial1776 flux1798 fredon1798 tricon1798 intrigue1830 straight1841 marriage1861 under-sequence1863 straight five1864 double pair-royal?1870 run?1870 short suit1876 four1883 fourchette1885 meld1887 doubleton1906 canasta1948 1887 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle (ed. 14) 152 After the meld (if any) has been made, and before he leads, he must draw the top card from the talon, and his opponent draws the next; thus again filling both their hands up to twelve cards. 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 361 The various combinations which are declared during the play of the hand are called melds. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn xvii. 231 The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle. 1952 Times Rev. Year 1 Jan. p. v/2 Canasta has begun to influence the language, if slightly. It has spread the use of natural..as a noun, and figurative jobs have been found for meld, a combination of three or more cards of the same rank. 1990 J. Updike in New Yorker 11 June 46/1 He could scarcely hold the cards, sixteen fanned in one little hand, and would stifle tears when his meld was poor and he lost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). meldn.² Brit. /mɛld/, U.S. /mɛld/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: meld v.³ Etymology: < meld v.³ Originally U.S. A blend, a combination; something formed by blending or mingling. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture mingingOE mungc1175 meddlingc1384 mellaya1400 mixture?a1425 commixtion?a1439 medley1440 brothc1515 mingly1545 mingle1548 maslin1574 miscellane1582 commixture1590 flaumpaump1593 salad1603 miscellany1609 common1619 cento1625 misturea1626 mixtil1654 concrete1656 contemperation1664 ragout1672 crasis1677 alloy1707 mixtible1750 galimatias1762 misc.1851 syllabub1859 mixtry1862 cocktail1868 blend1883 admix1908 mix-up1918 mix1959 meld1973 katogo1994 1973 Black World Apr. 24/1 A spectacular meld of rock music, drama, film, poetry, and song. 1980 E. L. Doctorow in Nation (N.Y.) 19 July 83/1 They lived in that meld of life and Art typecasting we call stardom. 1994 Homiletic & Pastoral Rev. Feb. 76/1 He is the best known architect of the school of Lublin Personalism, structured in the 1950s, a meld of St. Thomas Aquinas' heritage as interpreted by E. Gilson and J. Maritain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † meldv.¹ Forms: Old English mældan, Old English meldan, Old English meldian, Old English meldigan, early Middle English mælde, Middle English meild, Middle English meld, Middle English melde. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian -meldia (only in urmeldia to report, to announce; West Frisian melde), Middle Dutch melden (Dutch melden) to announce, to report, to betray, Old Saxon meldon to inform, betray (Middle Low German melden, meylden), Old High German meldēn, meldōn (Middle High German melden, German melden) < the Germanic base of Old Saxon meldia announcement (Middle Low German melde), Old High German melda accusation, betrayal, slander (Middle High German melde announcement), Old English meld declaration (compare also melda reporter, informer, betrayer); further etymology uncertain and disputed. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To make known (by speech), reveal, declare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)] speakc825 areadc885 meldeOE sayOE yknowa1225 warnc1275 bekena1300 wraya1300 signifyc1325 declarec1340 to speak outc1384 discuss1389 notifyc1390 bida1400 advertise1447 notice1447 detectc1465 render1481 minister1536 to set outa1540 summonc1540 intimate1548 acquaint1609 phrase1614 voice1629 denote1660 unlade1717 apprise1817 aira1902 eOE Metres of Boethius (transcript of damaged MS) Proem 4 Þus Ælfred us ealdspell reahte, cyning Westsexna, cræft meldode, leoðwyrhta list. OE Cynewulf Juliana 463 Ic nyde sceal niþa gebæded mod meldian, swa þu me beodest. OE Paris Psalter (1932) xciii. 4 Hi oftust sprecað, unnyt sæcgeað and woh meldiað [L. pronuntiabunt et loquentur iniquitatem]. OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxxxiv. 16 Þa muð habbað, and ne meldiað wiht. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 45 Gif ðe gylt beo diȝle, bet þu hine diȝollice, and ne mælde þu nateshwon hine oðrum monnum. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 170 (MED) Eld nul meld no murþes of mai; When eld me wold aweld, mi wele is awai. b. intransitive. To make declaration, give utterance. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 OE Andreas (1932) 1170 Ongan þa meldigan morþres brytta, hellehinca, þone halgan wer wiðerhycgende, ond þæt word gecwæð. OE Riddle 18 2 Ic eom wunderlicu wiht; ne mæg word sprecan, mældan for monnum. OE Riddle 28 12 Þonne æfter deaþe deman onginneð, meldan mislice. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 3791 (MED) I am eschu To melde or make a long sermoun of it. 2. transitive. To inform against, accuse; to call to account. Also intransitive: to inform on. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 meldeOE bimeldena1300 forgabc1394 to blow up?a1400 outsay?a1400 detectc1449 denounce1485 ascry1523 inform1526 promote1550 peach1570 blow1575 impeach1617 wheedle1710 split1795 snitch1801 cheep1831 squeal1846 to put away1858 spot1864 report1869 squawk1872 nose1875 finger1877 ruck1884 to turn over1890 to gag on1891 shop1895 pool1907 run1909 peep1911 pot1911 copper1923 finger1929 rat1932 to blow the whistle on1934 grass1936 rat1969 to put in1975 turn1977 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 41/1 Defferuntur, meldadun uel wroegdun. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xvi. 36 Se wæs to manegum witum geworht, forðæmþe he nolde meldian on his geferan þe mid [him] siredon ymb ðone cyning. OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 127 Desequuntur .i. accusabant, uel meldadan. a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Monk returns from Death (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Melden My conciens gan me meld. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27830 O þis [sc. covetousness]..cums..Strenth, þat lauerding agh to meild, Þat o þair men tas wrangwis yeild. a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Abbess Delivered (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Melden Dede war me leuer to be Than thou of my dede melded me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). meldv.² Brit. /mɛld/, U.S. /mɛld/ Origin: Probably a borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch melden. Etymology: Probably < Dutch melden to declare in a card game (19th cent. or earlier), specific use of melden to announce (see meld v.²). Cards. transitive. In canasta, pinochle, rummy, etc.: to declare or put down (a combination of cards) in order to score points. Also intransitive.In quot. 1964, used of mah-jong tiles. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > show card(s) to claim score marry1861 meld1887 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > show card(s) to claim score declare?1870 meld1958 1887 W. B. Dick Amer. Hoyle (ed. 14) 152 The player who takes the trick leads for the next; but before he leads he can then (and then only), announce or meld any one combination that he may hold in his hand. 1897 R. F. Foster Compl. Hoyle 363 A player has melded and scored four kings, and on winning another trick he melds binocle. 1950 Columbia Encycl. (ed. 2) 1716/2 One of the favorite variations of the game is knock rummy, in which a player may wait to meld seven cards for higher stakes, but may also ‘knock’ after he draws from stock and discards. 1958 ‘J. Welcome’ Run for Cover iv. 83 He melded several more times—small melds which did not look dangerous from a canasta point of view. 1964 E. N. Whitney Mah Jong Handbk. i. iii. 169 Pung, claiming a discard that completes a triplet. After punging, the player must meld his completed triplet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). meldv.³ Brit. /mɛld/, U.S. /mɛld/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by blending. Etymons: melt v.¹, weld v. Etymology: Probably a blend of melt v.¹ and weld v. Compare melded adj. Originally U.S. 1. transitive. To merge, blend; to combine or incorporate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] mingeOE blandOE mongle?c1225 meddlec1350 sprengea1382 compoundc1384 intermeddlec1384 temperc1386 mell1387 found?c1390 joinc1400 intermell1413 commix?a1425 medley?a1425 mix?a1425 amenge?c1450 immix?a1475 immixt?a1475 minglea1475 tremp1480 commixt1481 incarry1486 mixtionc1500 mixta1513 demelle1516 confect1540 intermixt1551 intermingle1555 bemix1559 intermix1562 contemper1567 blenge1570 bemingle1574 contemperate1590 masha1591 commeddle1604 immingle1606 blenda1616 intemper1627 commingle1648 conferment1651 subigate1657 to mix up1672 mould1701 meine1736 caudle1795 combine1799 interblenda1849 inmix1892 meld1936 1936 D. T. Lutes Country Kitchen xi. 234 Apple, currant, and raisin all melded into one sweetly tart aroma. 1952 Time 29 Dec. 37/1 Taylor hopes to remodel the entire museum... He has plans to meld his eleven departments into five. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 911/5 The craft..of melding brisk jollity with real death. 1994 Independent on Sunday 7 Aug. 18/2 Children there are not only losing local Buckinghamshire pronunciation, if they ever had it, but melding their speech into uniform, Londonish sounds. 2. intransitive. To merge, fuse, or combine. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)] mingOE meddlec1350 mella1387 blenda1400 commix?1520 admixa1522 mixa1522 mingle1530 wallc1598 co-minglea1616 comminglea1626 congregate1626 intermingle1626 intermella1641 conflux1662 intermix1722 partake1731 to work up1841 interfuse1851 interblend1854 immingle1858 inmix1892 meld1959 1959 M. Steen Tower i. iii. 50 Our small..existence couldn't meld with his design for living. 1971 National Geographic Oct. 560/2 Then clouds and gray sea melded and a steady rain slanted across the dry sides of the island. 1988 M. Gee Grace iv. 61 The bleach is so strong that the nylon bristles shrivel and meld together. 1994 Time 18 July 53/3 There is some mild one-upmanship: Domingo sustains a high note, it seems, for several bars; Pavarotti's eloquent eyebrows start working overtime. But the songs meld seamlessly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1887n.²1973v.¹eOEv.²1887v.³1936
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